Anthropic takes on Muse with Claude Duet, its new AI agent
TL;DR
Anthropic just announced an AI agent competitor to Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots: Claude Duet. The new agent, designed for professionals and small business owners, is launching as a "research preview," according to Anthropic, and it's available as a standalone app on iOS and Android and through Claude on the web. The AI agent is built around Claude Opus 5.5. Here's Anthropic's description of what it can do: Each morning, it sends you a short brief on the most important items across your connected apps.
Nauti's Take
The first useful test should use a limited set of connected apps and measurable tasks: How many alerts are genuinely relevant, which important signals are missed, and what actions can Duet take on its own? Small teams should verify permissions, data flows, and false positives before expanding access, since the announcement leaves those operational details largely unverified.
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